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Orbis International has partnered with surgical training company FundamentalVR to train students in ophthalmic surgery to treat cataracts using VR. Dr. Hunter Cherwek, VP of clinical services and technologies at Orbis, explains.
Also: OM1 now offers a platform that translates population patterns for clinical decision-making at the provider level.
Christine Antorini, former minister of education for Denmark, talks about her decision to enter nursing school after her political career and calls for policymakers to provide more flexible educational opportunities for working adults.
They have a crucial role in improving healthcare technology usability, from testing to leadership, says Olga Kagan, RN, consortial faculty and associate adjunct professor at CUNY School of Professional Studies and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient.
Nurse groups are focused on fixing what they say are untenable nurse-to-patient ratios. As legislation mandating staff ratios looms, AI and virtual care may offer a way forward.
Led by a Mass General quality and safety veteran, the command center enables the Department of Public Health to respond to any possible clinical and other challenges at the state's hospitals owned by the ailing health system.
All organizations need to define where their cybersecurity risks lie, and consider gaps in threat monitoring, says Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater. "It's not just the technology, but it's also the people and the process part of it," he said.
Internal sponsors have been hugely helpful in encouraging their peers to adopt telehealth and RPM at Providence, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, the health system's chief of virtual care and digital health, and a HIMSS24 Changemaker.